The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 eBook

O great king, a well-known Danava named Vivindhya,
a mighty warrior wielding a large and powerful bow,
encountered Charudeshna! And, O monarch, the
encounter between Charudeshna and Vivindhya was as
fierce as that in days of yore between Vritra and
Vasava! And enraged with each other the combatants
pierced each other with their arrows, uttering loud
roars like unto two powerful lions! Then the
son of Rukmini fixed on his bow-string a mighty weapon
possessing the splendour of fire or the sun, and capable
of destroying all foes, having first vivified it with
incantations! Then, O monarch, that mighty warrior
my son, fired with wrath, challenged Vivindhya and
discharged the weapon at him. And the Danava
struck with that weapon, fell down on the ground a
lifeless corpse! And beholding Vivindhya slain,
and the whole host waver, Salwa advanced again on
his beautiful car capable of going everywhere.
And, O king of mighty arms, beholding Salwa on that
beautiful car of his, the combatants of Dwaraka wavered
with fear! But, O thou of the Kuru race, Pradyumna
sailed out, and, O great king, bidding the Anarttas
be of good cheer, said, ’Waver ye not, and staying
behold me fight I Even I shall, by force, repell that
car with Salwa on it! Ye Yadavas, this day, I
shall, with my weapons like unto serpents discharged
from my bow with my hand, destroy this host of the
lord of Saubha! Be of good cheer, ye all!
Fear not! The lord of Saubha will be slain today!
Attached by me, the wretch will meet with destruction
together with his car!’ O son of Pandu, upon
Pradyumna speaking thus with cheerful heart, the Yadava
host, O hero, remained on the field, and began to
fight cheerfully!’”

SECTION XVII

“Vasudeva continued, ’O bull of the Bharata
race, having spoken thus unto the Yadavas, the son
of Rukmini (Pradyumna) ascended his golden car.
And the car he rode was drawn by excellent steeds
in mail. And over it stood a standard bearing
the figure of a Makara with gaping mouth and fierce
as Yama. And with his steeds, more flying than
running on the ground, he rushed against the foe And
the hero equipped with quiver and sword, with fingers
cased in leather, twanged his bow possessed of the
splendour of the lightning, with great strength, and
transferring it from hand to hand, as if in contempt
of the enemy, spread confusion among the Danavas and
other warriors of the city of Saubha. And as hot
in contempt of the, foe, and continuously slew the
Danavas in battle, no one could mark the slightest
interval between his successive shafts. And the
colour of his face changed not, and his limbs trembled
not. And people only heard his loud leonine roars
indicative of wonderful valour. And the aquatic
monster with mouth wide open, that devourer of all
fishes, placed on golden flag-staff of that best of
cars, struck terror into the hearts of Salwa’s
warriors. And, O king, Pradyumna, the mower of
foes rushed with speed against Salwa himself so desirous